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The territory of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ), represent one of the largest First Nations territories in Ontario. [6]Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory has ties to the birthplace of the Great Peacemaker, Dekanahwideh, who was instrumental in the bringing together the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca into the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, according to Kayanesenh Paul Williams, a Six ...
He returned to Tyendinaga in 1863, and married Deyoronseh (Ellen Hill). His home in Tyendinaga was known as "The Pines". It was a palatial Victorian estate where he allowed only Mohawk to be spoken. In April 1871, [19] Oronhyatekha was appointed as the physician for Tyendinaga; he was also practising medicine in Napanee.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tyendinaga had a population of 4,538 living in 1,650 of its 1,730 total private dwellings, a change of 7.4% from its 2016 population of 4,226. With a land area of 312.42 km 2 (120.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.5/km 2 (37.6/sq mi) in 2021. [3]
A previous iteration of Highway 49 existed between 1936 and 1961 from Kleinburg west to the York County boundary south of Bolton, which is today known as York Regional Road 49 (Nashville Road). The current Highway 49 was created in 1965 as an internal designation for the proposed route connecting the newly-opened Highway 401 with the skyway ...
The Bay of Quinte (/ ˈ k w ɪ n t i /) is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte.Its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 55,071 (Census Metropolitan Area population 111,184).
Tyendinaga is an alternate spelling of Thayendanegea, an eighteenth-century Mohawk chief also known as Joseph Brant. Tyendinaga may also refer to: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory , a First Nations reserve on the Bay of Quinte
Big Island is an island in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.Approximately 9.5 kilometres (5 + 3 ⁄ 4 mi) in length and with a maximal width of three kilometres (two miles), it is located in the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario, between Belleville and Demorestville.